GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| groom | bridegroom |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |